Stand for books.



-W. TEMPLIN.

STAND FOR BOOKS.

APPLICATION IILED FEB. 24, 1913.

1,096,575. I Patented May12,1914.

2 MWMvw WILLIAM TEMPLIN, OF GLENELLYN, ILLINOIS.

STAND FOR BOOKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed February 24, 1913. Serial No. 750,049.

1 b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM TEMPLIN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Glenellyn, in the county ofDupage and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stands for Books, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates more particularly to stands which are adapted tosupport books, and which havemeans adapted to co-act with engagingdevices on the book covers for locking or fastening the books inposition, being in substance a division of my former application, SerialNo. 715,569.

The objects of this invention are to provide a stand with a simple andefficient fastening device for holding a book in position thereon, insuch manner that the book may have suflicient movement to enable theleaves to be readily turned, and to provide such other novel features ofconstruction as will appear from the following description.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention; Figure 1 is aside View of the top of a stand showing a book supported thereon andheld by my improved fastener, the leaves of the book in this and otherfigures being omitted for convenience in illustration; Fig. 2 is a planview of the parts shown in Fig. 1, a portion of the book being brokenaway to show the construction of the fastening device; Fig. 3 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 1, showing a slightly modified form of construction;and, Figs. 1 and 5 are details of the fastener shown in Fig. 3.

As illustrated in these drawings, 6 indicates the top of the table orstand for supporting a book 7, the upper surface of this standbeingslanted so as to hold the book in convenient position forobservation, and for the further purpose of preventing the stand frombeing used with other books than those provided with the properfastening devices. I prefer to make the top 6 of frame work or skeletonconstruction, so that the same is not particularly adaptable for otheruses than supporting a book. At the .lower edge of the top 6, I providechains or flexible connections 5, which have their inner ends secured tothe top, and their outer ends secured to clips 8. These clips may bemade in various forms for engagement with the lower edges of the bookcovers 7. For instance, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

the clip is bent at a substantially right angle, and one arm 9 isprovided with an opening 10, which is adapted to fit over a catch 11,secured to the book cover 7. The catch 11 has a raised hook-like portionwhich is adapted to pass through the opening 10 and engages with theupper end of the arm 9, while the lower edge of the book cover 7 pressesagainst the downwardly extending arm of the clip 8. Ordinarily, I preferto provide two of such fastening devices, one at either end of the top 6so as to engage with both of the covers of the book when the book is inopen position, thereby serving to hold the book in open position, aswell as supporting it on the stand. The flexible connection between thetop and the covers permits the leaves to be readily turned.

In the modified form of construction shown in Figs. 3 to 5, the clips 12are made approximately the same shape as the clips 8, but instead ofhaving an opening therethrough, I provide them with notches or slots 13in the ends of the upper arms 14:. The book cover 15 is provided with ahook or catch 16, which has its raised portion 17 projecting toward thelower edge of the book, and which is adapted to take over the end of thearm let at the bottom of the notch 13 when the book cover 15 is moveddown to locking position. In the first form of device the portion of thecatch 11 which engages with the book cover is preferably counter-sunk inorder to allow the arm 9 to lie against the upper surface of the cover,but in this modified form of construction it is not necessary tocounter-sink the hook or catch 16, as the portion thereof which engageswith the book cover fits within the slot 13. In both instances it willbe noted that the fastening is accomplished by the relative slidingmovement between the clips and the catches on the book covers.

Having thus described my invention, which however, I do not wish tolimit to the exact construction described herein, except as specified inthe following claims, what I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. The combination with a stand, of a flexible member secured to saidstand, a bent strip secured to said member and adapted to engage withthe lower edge of a book placed on the stand, and a catch pm said bookfor engagement with said mem- 2. The combination With a stand havingadapted to fit in said openings and engage a frame Work top, of flexiblemembers se- With said metallic strips.

Cured to one Side of said top, metallic Strips secured to said membersand bent to en- 5 gage With the edge of a book cover and hav- 7Witnesses: I

ing slots or openings in the opposite ends IRENE FORREST,

thereof, a book, and catches on said book Rom. LINN.

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Washington, I). G.

